Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-22

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4 0reat Shame.
oo G Hueesentatives has 10
oooint . committee to inquire
11A q 1er. lackin's charge
= vuGo takn. The names Of mem.
- reported By the reading
NJ Who were not present. Mr..
vo - names oe two such MEM
ia thAs hs could furnish more.
- u1aHod did mot seem to b de-
>o Gisuusston Of tho proposition to
3o Inquiry, the statement being
- behaH Of the clerk, that ho bad
y emQonse Of aye for every vote
9eoa. Il b mot clear why this
. reason for refusing the In
c1t = Il y Just - important
AsthR ~ vote Of the House IL
lohoA by the false personation OF
1n1by ~ fraud Of the clerk. It
- anumed that The inquiry was
~ WHISTLER Harry HUM. the
8s hadintentio tionally unsupported
And tho RaGUoeaon naturally
- III = the gonerAl suspicion.
lnhA was innocent he would
ned an investigation. 1t Is the
u4 The ,mWritten law, In the M
1nlnture, that any member or
gscnally as1ailed shall demand an
lorntjon. Al Mr.. HUM did not de-
fno1A Inquiry It il fair inference that
~ MT feel that he would come
r1antly through It.
ko0enker Of the House Is involved in
pcnsibility for the wrong that was
He mys in his defense that he Is
o12od 70 rely upon the report OF the
- hnnded him by the clerk; which is
kGnxe when It Il challenged or when he
jnalf reason to believe that 1t is in
- he b not obliged to give to the
what he knows or believes to be q
10y eount; atleast not without advising
3I6ue Of the reasons he has for mis-
lnG q, and giving it an opportunity to
|o the correctness OF the vote.
IA this case the speaker was informed by
~. 1.lackin, at the time the vote was
11ken, that it was greater than the num-
~ e members present, and that some of
g voting aye were not In the chamber
| ~ 1ave the names Of two. The fact
- pokont. It was within the knowledge
- speaker and OF the clerk, or shouli
- hoou. that the vote was wrongly 10
i; and correction should have been
ufiy made. It is quite impossible
~ speaker, in view Of these facts, to
80 the responsibility for the record Of q
|2lo iAat be knew or ought to have known
1H1a lAlse. He Is a. guilty as the clerk.
MA ~ fear that it is not for the frs,
- No one Who observes the conduct O,
W tusluess Of the House can fail TO not.
o9Seat power reposed in the clerks ana
- 20 make legislation which tn,
n hns not made. The votes are taker
e requires great vigilance to obsery,
ahar thcy record the voice Of the House
A111D arn susceptible of the readiest nj
I61ane IN their passage through N,
a tho officers. II ia onlv in IN,
IiIee AZ Thea men that reliance can n,
II lur tha true record Of IeoisIation A
1l1inburx such honor has long been sus
- 70 be OF scant measure and tn,
oaainRs Of the House in the pendin,
oDw confirm the belief. It
n MT wrong to the people an,
S1oat danger. 1t is the destruc
$3.50 &C representative government
locek, with all his power. has neye
- charged with fraudulently suppress!
| H. voice of the representatives in th
ehstag. Europe is convulsed over th
nv to obtain q government majority i
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